Any resident fishing license or any resident senior fishing license permits the licensee to take fish, frogs, and turtles in the manner and to the extent provided in chapters 41-12 and 41-13. Any resident who has served in the armed forces of the United States and is a patient in any war veterans hospital in this state or a member of any war veterans domiciliary unit in this state for the care of war veterans, groups with over ten participants conducting a fishing event exclusively for persons with disabilities and their attendants; any school, governmental entity, charitable or nonprofit organization conducting an event, class, or program for the purpose of teaching basic fishing skills; and any person residing as a patient in a developmental disability facility may, upon application to the secretary of game, fish and parks, receive a resident fishing license without payment of any fee therefor. Any resident who is sixty-five years of age or older, may receive a resident senior fishing license upon payment of a reduced fee established by rules promulgated by the Game, Fish and Parks Commission pursuant to chapter 1-26.

Source: SDC 1939, § 25.0302 (4); SL 1941, ch 105 ; SL 1947, ch 104 ; SL 1951, ch 119 ; SDC Supp 1960, § 25.0302 (3); SL 1961, ch 116 , § 2; SL 1967, ch 82 ; SL 1973, ch 266 ; SL 1975, ch 263 , § 7; SL 1976, ch 258 , § 3; SL 1979, ch 278 , § 16; SL 1984, ch 29 , § 5I; SL 1989, ch 238 , § 21; SL 1994, ch 323 ; SL 1998, ch 252 , § 18; SL 2014, ch 200 , § 1.